Industrialization

An economic system in which people freely choose what to buy, what to make and where to work is called....

• Socialism
• Communism
• Traditional Economy
• Free Enterprise

Why were technical advances important to the growth of industrialization?

• Machines produced lower quality products.

• Machine operators purchased equipment to use at home.

• Machines sped up the production process.

• Machine mechanics earned enough wages to join the upper class.

Improved farm techniques and equipment most directly contributed to industrialization through ______.

• the diversity of products

• the growth of cities

• the increases in wages

• the waves of immigrants

The main type of factories in America in the 1800s were

• food processing factories

• textile factories

• automobile factories

• weapons factories

Which of the following statements best describes the United States at the end of the nineteenth century?

• The nation had shifted from an agricultural (farming), rural economy to an industrial urban one

• Americans did not want to expand to new lands anymore

• Development of railroads got many people to move to Canada

• Cities became much cleaner and safer to live in

What is the term for when people move from rural areas to cities?

• Corporation

• Dynamo

• Tenement

• Urbanization

The laissez-faire economic policies of the United States during the nineteenth century led to

• a system of protective tariffs

• the creation of a national bank

• a largely unregulated market for industry

• a decline in immigration to western states

Many women experienced expanded economic opportunities during the nineteenth century

because

• many men left to fight in a foreign war for several years

• raw materials from farms were in high demand by industry

• factory jobs provided many women independence and wages

• a constitutional amendment recognized women’s voting rights

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the

mid-nineteenth century?

• People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity.

• Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.

• Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny.

The Bessemer steel process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling

• clipper ships to be built in order to transport passengers from the East Coast to the

  West Coast

• interstate canal systems to be built in order to transport agricultural goods from west

  to east

• Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West

• railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West